Sir Simon Picken (born 23 April 1966)[1] is a British High Court judge.
Mr Justice Picken | |
|---|---|
 Picken in 2022 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2015 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1966 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge University College, Cardiff |
Picken was educated at Cardiff High School, then completed an LLB at University College, Cardiff in 1987 and a starred first-class LLM from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1988.[1]
He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1989, then established a practice at the bar in the area of commercial law, practising from 7 King's Bench Walk chambers from 1991.[2][3] He took silk in 2006, served as a recorder in 2005 to 2015, a Deputy High Court judge from 2010. From 2009 to 2015, he was the Commercial Law QC to the Welsh Government.[2] In addition to practice, he wrote Good Faith and Insurance Contracts which was taken into a fourth edition.[1]
He was appointed a High Court judge in 2015, and received the customary knighthood. He has been a judge of the Commercial Court since 2016, is on the Financial List and is lead judge for European relations. From 2018 to 2021, he was the Presiding Judge of Wales.[2][1]
In April 2022, he presided over Microsoft's £270 million competition case in which Microsoft encouraged customers to return unused licences in turn for a discount on Microsoft products; a Derbyshire-based company who bought and sold unused these licences said this stifled competition and was a violation of competition law.[4][5]
He married Sophie Victoria Seddon in 1992, with whom he has one son and three daughters.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Picken, Hon. Sir Simon, (born 23 April 1966),". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u245482. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mr Justice Picken". Judiciary UK. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Simon Picken QC appointed High Court Judge". 7KBW. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Microsoft to Face $352 Million U.K Antitrust Case Over Licenses". Bloomberg Law. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Page, Carly (8 April 2021). "British Reseller Sues Microsoft For £270m Over 'Illegal' Software Licences". Forbes. Retrieved 20 April 2022.